Gregory v. Boston Safe-Deposit & Trust Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
In Equity. Bill by Charles A. Gregory and Charles F. Jones against the Boston Safe-Deposit & Trust Company, and the Merchants National Bank, and Mary H. Pike, administratrix of Frederic A. Pike, deceased, to obtain the amount of a judgment on deposit with said bank and trust company, said judgment being founded on a note claimed to be the property of complainants.
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
In 1881, George W. Butterfield sold certain mining property to Frederic A. Pike, of Calais, Me. Early in 1888, Butterfield became desirous of getting the same property back again. He associated himself with one Charles F. Jones. A contract of purchase was made with Pike, January 29, 1888, and Jones made the first cash payment under it. Shortly after this, Butterfield and Jones entered into negotiations with the plaintiff Charles A. Gregory and J. C. Kemp van E6, as persons who could help furnish the requsite means to carry out the contract with Pike. To raise the money, Gregory and Kemp…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McCarthy v. SwanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
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